Bashyam Narayanan

Let Us Think Anew On This Republic Day - 2013 - Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

Let us think anew in this Republic Day - 2013 This day in 1950 India became a RepublicBut this 64th Republic Day forces me to thinkSomething special and new, especially for Indian womenWe see nowadays quite a number of harms done to themThere may not be a breaking newsBut, there will always be a raping newsAge across girls and women are victims to this male misbehaviorWe also see a great number of learnedAnd vociferous women appearing as panelists in a range of Discussions on varied topicsA demonstration that proves that Indian women areNo where less to their spouses and counter genderAll these trigger me, prompt me, to thinkWhy not there be a separate political outfit for womenIt can be National Women's PartyIt can be Indian Women's PartyIt can be any such nameWith a woman PresidentWith a woman General SecretaryWith a woman Treasurer and so onThe emphasis is that there are only woman members in thatThe policies and objectives can be so thatAll Indian women, including those already in powerJoin the party and make it a challenging outfitTo already existing policy-faulting, corrupt-riddenPolitical parties, national or regionalBy chance, if they turn successfulAll representatives will be womenLikely, if this happens, more and more womenWill be there to make decisions towards national causeLikely, they are less corruption supportiveLikely, they take more pointed solutionsLikely, they have pointed questions to ask Likely, they have pointed answers to offerLikely, they make more technical decisionsThan political decisions the nation witnessed so farThey are capable of making minds meetThey are capable of making wisdom dawnThey are capable of making emotions meltThey are capable of making neightbours friendlyThey are capable of making economy stabilizeThey are capable of making religions tolerantThey are capable of making governance grandThey are capable of making Indians proudThey are capable of making their existence safeI fondly wish this becomes a realityAnd on this Republic Day let a seed be sownFor this great tree to establish